Strengthen Bonds with The Latest Beloved Buddies Event in Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO's Beloved Buddies event is bringing a wave of exciting additions and bonuses! This event, running from February 11th to 15th, focuses on strengthening your bond with your Pokémon and features the highly anticipated debut of Dhelmise, the Sea Creeper Pokémon. Get ready to add this new Pokémon to your collection and challenge it in raids!

This event doubles your XP for catching Pokémon, and Lure Modules are extended to a full hour, attracting a variety of Pokémon including Diglett, Slowpoke, Shellder, Dunsparce, Cutiefly, and Fomantis. Catching these Pokémon also grants an extra 500 Stardust per catch.

Prepare for increased wild Pokémon encounters! Shiny Diglett and Shiny Dunsparce will appear more frequently, alongside Nidoran, Diglett, Slowpoke, Shellder, Dunsparce, Remoraid, Mantine, Plusle, Minun, Volbeat, Illumise, Cutiefly, and Fomantis.

Raids offer diverse challenges: one-star raids feature Shellder, Dwebble, and Skrelp (with increased shiny Skrelp rates); three-star raids include Slowbro, Hippowdon, and the debuting Dhelmise; five-star raids bring Enamorus (Incarnate Forme); and Mega Raids feature the powerful Mega Tyranitar.

Download Pokémon GO from the Google Play Store and join the Beloved Buddies event! Don't forget to check out our article on the newly soft-launched Tetris Block Party on Android, featuring multiplayer challenges!